Power Plants Near 68961 — Nelson, NE

20 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 68961 (Nelson, Nebraska). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 40.2011, -98.0684 · County: Nuckolls

Wind 69%Coal 23%Natural Gas 4%Oil 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
18.0 mi	Cottonwood Wind Energy Center Blue Hill, NE	Wind	90 MW	Cottonwood Wind Project
18.7 mi	Deshler Deshler, NE	Oil	2 MW	City Of Deshler - (Ne)
18.8 mi	Little Blue Wind Project, Llc Blue Hill, NE	Wind	251 MW	Little Blue Wind Project, Llc
20.6 mi	Deshler Solar Hebron, NE	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
22.0 mi	City Light & Water Blue Hill, NE	Oil	1 MW	City Of Blue Hill - (Ne)
24.8 mi	Red Cloud Red Cloud, NE	Oil	6 MW	City Of Red Cloud - (Ne)
25.9 mi	Hebron Hebron, NE	Oil	57 MW	Nebraska Public Power District
29.1 mi	Ccc Hastings Wind Turbine Hastings, NE	Wind	2 MW	Ccc Hastings Renewable Energy, Llc
29.2 mi	Whelan Energy Center Hastings, NE	Coal	324 MW	City Of Hastings - (Ne)
32.2 mi	North Denver Hastings, NE	Natural Gas	39 MW	City Of Hastings - (Ne)
32.2 mi	Don Henry Hastings, NE	Natural Gas	22 MW	City Of Hastings - (Ne)
33.8 mi	Hastings Community Solar Farm Hastings, NE	Solar	2 MW	City Of Hastings - (Ne)
34.4 mi	Belleville Belleville, KS	Natural Gas	14 MW	City Of Belleville - (Ks)
35.7 mi	Campbell Village Campbell, NE	Oil	1 MW	Village Of Campbell - (Ne)
37.2 mi	Perennial Windfarm Fairmont, NE	Wind	7 MW	Perennial Wind, Llc
43.0 mi	High Banks Wind Belleville, KS	Wind	643 MW	High Banks Wind, Llc
47.2 mi	Franklin (Ne) Franklin, NE	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of Franklin - (Ne)
47.5 mi	Platte Grand Island, NE	Coal	110 MW	City Of Grand Island - (Ne)
47.7 mi	Sppw1, Llc Upland, NE	Wind	6 MW	Sppw1, Llc
48.6 mi	Milligan 1 Wind Farm Western, NE	Wind	300 MW	Milligan 1 Wind, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 20 power plants within 50 miles of Nelson, Nebraska (ZIP 68961), with a combined 1,880 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 7 of the 20 nearby plants. The closest plant is Cottonwood Wind Energy Center at 18.0 miles.

Nameplate capacity is the maximum output a plant can produce under ideal conditions — actual generation depends on fuel availability, demand, and maintenance schedules. Capacity factor (shown on individual plant pages) measures how much of that theoretical maximum a plant actually delivers over a year. Nuclear plants typically run above 90%; solar and wind range from 20–45% depending on location and weather.

All data comes from federal EIA and EPA releases. For a printable version of this proximity search, use the report link below. To explore all plants in Nebraska, visit the Nebraska state page.

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